Public sector nurses and social workers who have been encouraged by recruitment agencies to take their wages through suspected tax avoidance schemes are now in debt of tens of thousands of pounds following HMRC investigations.Employment agencies have been taking business from rivals by allowing workers to be paid through umbrella companies offering between an 80-90% take home pay.These tax schemes, which are usually registered in places like the Isle of Man or Malta, attract workers due … [Read more...]
Unions plan mass recruitment of precarious workers and nationwide action
Unions are looking to copy the successes of Momentum in recruiting young members.The TUC unanimously passed a motion today to build union membership amongst gig economy workers and union leaders are promising to ‘get a million precarious workers on the streets’ next year. Is this the beginning of a new trade unionism?Recognising the successes of the McDonald’s strike and industrial action by other precarious workers around the country, trade union leaders appear to be gearing up for a … [Read more...]